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July 15 2009: Lessons in homophobia - Open letter to my straight friends Raynbow Media - Lebanon
July 14 2009: >>AUDIO Gay Life After Saddam BBC - UK
July 14 2009: Listen to Gay Life After Saddam Paul Canning - Blog
July 14 2009: A Book For 'Perverts'? Same Same - Australia
July 14 2009: “Vodka Espresso, Please”: trials & tribulations of a single morning-person TNG - USA
July 13 2009: Lebanese-Israeli communication, disregarding the law Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
July 13 2009: Book Translation: "Gay" Equals "Pervert" The Advocate - USA
July 12 2009: Guide translates into trouble New York Post - USA
July 10 2009: (Would homosexuality come out in Tyr?) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
July 08 2009: >>VIDEO Ghassan Makarem - Homosexuality Conference, Beirut Mithli Production - Lebanon
July 05 2009: (Homosexuality by nature and not nurture) Al-Arabiyya - UAE
July 03 2009: >>VIDEO Homosexuality conference in Beirut - Tima Al-Jamil's presentation Mithli Production - Lebanon
July 02 2009: (About forbidden love for females) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon JUNE
June 25 2009: Out of the closet, into the fire Global Post - Lebanon
June 20 2009: >>VIDEO Homosexuality conference in Beirut, Lebanon Mithli Production - Lebanon
June 20 2009: Where are they, their voices, their faces? Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
June 20 2009: What if my son is gay? Tayyar - Lebanon
June 20 2009: (What if my son is gay?) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
June 16 2009: I dare you to change Helem News - Lebanon
June 16 2009: (The Ex-gay movement) Helem News - Lebanon
June 09 2009: Love speaks its name in Beirut and Damascus Sydney Star Observer - Australia
June 09 2009: Iraqi Gays Escape to Beirut Jad Aoun - Lebanon
June 02 2009: Bareed Mista3jil (Express Mail) - new book presents stories from Lebanon's lesbian and transgender community Menassat - Lebanon
June 01 2009: Lebanon introduces first ever book for LGBT community After Ellen - USA
June 01 2009: Lebanon’s First Queer Book Now Out The Daily Star - Lebanon MAY
May 29 2009: Beirut's underground gay community congregates discreetly The Huffington Post - USA
May 29 2009: Help... Censorship The Queer Arabs Blog - Lebanon
May 25 2009: Saudi Gay Scene: 'Forbidden, but I can't Help It' ABC news - UAE
May 25 2009: Gay Group Protests Lebanon's Discrimination Women Against Shariah - USA
May 25 2009: >>VIDEO Bareed Mista3jil Feminist Collective - Lebanon
May 23 2009: About gays Beiruter - Lebanon
May 21 2009: Lebanon’s First Queer Book Now Out Bareed Mista3jil - Lebanon
May 18 2009: Anti-homophobia day has spread around the world The Gazette - Canada
May 17 2009: Talking To: Helem Coordinator Georges Azzi Now Lebanon - Lebanon
May 17 2009: Let's Talk About Sex, habibi Arwa's Articles - UK
May 17 2009: Diversité ethnoculturelle et homophobie Groupe CNW - Canada
May 17 2009: Homosexualité: au-delà des frontières Canoe Info - Canada
May 17 2009: Notes on article 534 G-Sail - Lebanon
May 17 2009: Gays, lesbians worldwide urge end to homophobia Google (AFP) - USA
May 16 2009: Mobilisation mondiale contre la pénalisation de l'homosexualité Le Monde - France
May 14 2009: Gays Turn Out in Beirut Gay City News - USA
May 13 2009: Gay Iraqis flee to Lebanon MCV - Australia
May 13 2009: No black-and-white in gay rights Guardian - UK
May 11 2009: Lebanese Gay Rights Group Fights Old World Views Just Out - USA
May 11 2009: Lebanese gays shun closet to fight for rights 365 Gay - USA
May 10 2009: Lebanese gays take fight for their rights public Jerusalem Post - Israel
May 10 2009: Gay Rights in Lebanon Gain Traction The Wall Street Journal - USA
May 10 2009: Arab gay group demonstrates in Lebanon Zimbabwe Star - Zimbabwe
May 10 2009: Arab gay group demonstrates in Lebanon Kazakhstan News - Kazakhstan
May 10 2009: Ilk Arap gay örgütünden özgürlük için kampanya Hurriyet - Turkey
May 10 2009: A slow and steady crawl for LGBT rights in the middle east Change - USA
May 09 2009: Lebanese gays take fight for their rights public Google (AP) - USA
May 09 2009: Abolishing 534 Jad Aoun - Lebanon
May 09 2009: A Slow and Steady Crawl for LGBT Rights in the Middle East Change - USA
May 09 2009: Lebanese Gays Launch Campaign to Make Homosexuality Legal Fox News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Beirut - Abolish 534 Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Lebanon - Men to hold hands not guns Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Beiruty - Straight for gay rights Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Lebanese police protects gay & lesbian protesters Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Sit-in on Beirut's major intersection of Sodeco Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Lebanese Charbel Maydaa of Helem Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO 'My body is not public property' Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: >>PHOTO Sit-in for gays and Lesbians in Beirut Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: Lebanese gays take fight for their rights public Naharnet - Lebanon
May 09 2009: Lebanese gays take fight for their rights public Yahoo News - USA
May 09 2009: Lebanese gays launch campaign to make homosexuality legal Fox News - USA
May 09 2009: Lebanese gays get activated My News - India
May 09 2009: Islam, nacionalismo y homosexualidad De Minorias - Spain
May 07 2009: Freethought Society stirs up controversy at their homosexuality conference VII Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
May 06 2009: Maine's Lebanese-American Governor Signs Gay Marriage Bill About - USA
May 06 2009: >>VIDEO Abolish 534 YouTube - Lebanon
May 05 2009: (Homosexuality in Lebanon: Illegal, so would it be socially tolerated?) Elaph - Saudi Arabia
May 05 2009: Freethought Society stirs up controversy at their homosexuality conference Outlook AUB - Lebanon
May 03 2009: The pink army The Huffing Post - USA APRIL
April 30 2009: Beirut’s underground gay community congregates discreetly World Focus - International
April 30 2009: Speech from AUB's Homosexuality Conference VI Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
April 28 2009: >>AUDIO Gay rights in Lebanon BBC's The World - USA
April 28 2009: Opening Speech for "Homosexuality: Dispelling the myths, presenting the facts" Raynbow Media - Lebanon
April 24 2009: La liberación Gay en Oriente Medio Kaos En La Red - Spain
April 23 2009: >>VIDEO "Bareed Mista3jil" a book on queer women and transgenders in Lebanon Meem News - Lebanon
April 22 2009: Lebanese Gay-Rights NGO Wins International Award V Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
April 19 2009: Dateline Beirut: Lebanese LGBT Activists Protest Discrimination And Homophobia The Global Fund for Women - USA
April 17 2009: Helem: Mostra Sul Sogno Gay Libanese Queer Blog - Italy
April 12 2009: Human rights...Gay rights? IV Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
April 03 2009: >>VIDEO IGHLRC Felipa de Souza Award Ceremony for Helem YouTube - USA
April 02 2009: Lebanese Gay & Lesbian organization wins award Gayapolis - USA
April 02 2009: A Celebration of Courage 2009: Transcript of Georges Azzi's Speech IGLHRC - USA
April 01 2009: Lebanese LGBT group honored in New York Edge Boston - USA
April 01 2009: Response to "Struggling with Sexual Orientation and Arab Identity" Al-Sahafa - USA
April 01 2009: (Helem wins international award) Menassat - Lebanon
April 01 2009: Lebanese LGBTI organization wins international award Menassat - Lebanon
April 01 2009: MEEM newsletter Meem News - Lebanon MARCH
March 31 2009: Human rights...Gay rights? III Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
March 31 2009: Human rights...Gay rights? II Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
March 31 2009: Human rights...Gay rights? I Human Rights Observer - Lebanon
March 30 2009: False hope - LGBT rights in the Middle East Pink News - UK
March 30 2009: Local gay rights organization to receive award in US The Daily Star - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Dempsey's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Haidar's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Abdallah's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Zreik's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Tohme's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 19 2009: Abdessamad's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 17 2009: Medicinstuderande på AUB vill hitta botemedel mot homosexualitet Islamologi - Sweden
March 13 2009: Farran's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Raynbow Media - Lebanon
March 13 2009: Faraj's response to "The Cure for Homosexuality" Raynbow Media - Lebanon
March 12 2009: The cure for homosexuality Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 05 2009: That's even gayer Outlook AUB - Lebanon
March 05 2009: Media: Against the tide Helem News - Lebanon
March 04 2009: >> VIDEO La notte di Beirut Media Set - Italy
March 01 2009: >> VIDEO Feminists at the Anti-Violence Sit-In in Beirut Feminist Collective - Lebanon
March 01 2009: Struggling with Sexual Orientation and Arab Identity Al-Sahafa - USA FEBRUARY
Feb. 28 2009: Helem Wikipedia - Lebanon
Feb. 27 2009: Milking our way through! To Harvey Milk and Beirut Gay Watch - Lebanon
Feb. 26 2009: >>VIDEO (A message from an Arab gay man to his society) YouTube - Middle East
Feb. 25 2009: Gökkusagi bayragi Beyrut’ta El Kaos GL - Turkey
Feb. 25 2009: Liban: Manifestation pacifiste pour les droits des homosexuels à Beyrouth Nawaat - Tunis
Feb. 24 2009: libano | gay vs police Brian Kinney's - Blog
Feb. 24 2009: Rainbows Flutter in Sodeco Jad Aoun - Lebanon
Feb. 24 2009: Los homosexuales libaneses "salen del armario" para exigir sus derechos El Confidencial - Spain
Feb. 24 2009: Out in force Now Lebanon - Lebanon
Feb. 24 2009: Is Talking about Homosexuality Still a Taboo? Monthly Review ZINE - USA
Feb. 24 2009: A Beyrouth, des militants s’opposent à l’homophobie I Loubnan - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: >> VIDEO Les homosexuels libanais se rassemblent contre la violence AOL News (AFP) - USA
Feb. 23 2009: >> VIDEO Fighting for gay rights in Lebanon YouTube (AFP) - France
Feb. 23 2009: >> VIDEO Les homosexuels libanais se rassemblent contre la violence Yahoo Actualites (AFP)- France
Feb. 23 2009: >> VIDEO First gay protest in Beirut YouTube - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Peaceful Rally in Beirut for Gay Rights Monthly Review ZINE - USA
Feb. 23 2009: For Freedom Angry Arab - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Gays Lesbians Allies Protest Violence Against Homosexuals, first public sit-in of its kind in Lebanon Meem News - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Big media coverage of the Anti-violence sit-in Helem News - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Rassemblement pacifique à Beyrouth pour le droit à l’homosexualité Raynbow Media - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: (A demonstration by Helem denouncing violence) Annahar - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Rassemblement pacifique à Beyrouth pour le droit à l’homosexualité L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Libano: Omosessuali Manifestano Contro Abusi Polizia Gay News - Italy
Feb. 23 2009: Liban: Helem manifeste pour le droits des minorités homosexuelles Libnan News - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: (community, issue 754) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Feb. 23 2009: Libano: Omosessuali Manifestano Contro Abusi Polizia L'Unita - Italy
Feb. 23 2009: (Helem denounces violence) As-Safir - Lebanon
Feb. 22 2009: Manifestation contre la violence dimanche I Loubnan - Lebanon
Feb. 12 2009: (Who loves like I do? "mithli" = Gay. Who?) As-Safir - Lebanon
Feb. 04 2009: Que s'est-il passé à la Place Sassine? Helem News - Lebanon
Feb. 03 2009: LBC program on homosexuality in Arab world sparks anger in Lebanon Menassat - Lebanon JANUARY
Jan. 30 2009: >> PDF Helem Newsletter, English, Jan. 09 Helem - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: >> PDF Helem Newsletter, Arabic, Jan. 09 Helem - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: (Jasad Magazine: Between the Banal and Banned) Menassat - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: ("Ahmar Bil Khat el areed" between homosexuality and homophobia) Menassat - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: 'Ahmar bil khatt el arid' between homosexuality and homophobia Raynbow (Translated) - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: ("Ahmar Bil Khat el areed" on LBC: homosexuality versus homophobia) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: Bankruptcy, confusion and loss Raynbow (Translated) - Lebanon
Jan. 30 2009: ("Bankruptcy & confusion" - Malek Maktabi's epsiode on homosexuality on LBC TV) Helem News - Lebanon
Jan. 29 2009: Attack on gays in Lebanon? Angry Arab - Lebanon
Jan. 29 2009: What happened in Sassine? Raynbow (Translated) - Lebanon
Jan. 29 2009: (What happened in Sassine?) Helem News - Lebanon
Jan. 29 2009: "Ahmar Bil Khat El 3arid" about homosexuality Emraa Methlya - Egypt
Jan. 28 2009: Statement and Correction on Sassine Incident? Helem News - Lebanon
Jan. 27 2009: Gay Prize Jad Aoun - Lebanon
Jan. 27 2009: Organización LGTB libanesa recibe el Premio Felipa 2009 SentidoG - Argentina
Jan. 26 2009: Award for Lebanese gay group overshadowed by gay bashing incident Pink News - UK
Jan. 25 2009: Liban : passage à tabac de deux homos Pro Choix News - France
Jan. 25 2009: Outrage as Two Gay Men Beaten by Lebanese Army in Achrafieh UK Gay News - UK
Jan. 24 2009: Helem poursuit ses efforts pour faire cesser le cauchemar L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon
Jan. 24 2009: Liban gay : la loi de la honte L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon
Jan. 24 2009: Homophobie barbare, place Sassine L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon
Jan. 24 2009: Homophobie barbare, place Sassine Helem News - Lebanon
Jan. 23 2009: Helem Wins 2009 Felipa de Souza Award Helem News - Lebanon
Jan. 23 2009: Lebanese Gay Group Helem Wins 2009 Felipa de Souza Award UK Gay News - UK
Jan. 23 2009: Helem Wins 2009 Felipa de Souza Award IGLHRC - USA
Jan. 20 2009: >>VIDEO L'homosexualité au Liban YouTube (Median TV) - France
2008 DECEMBER
Dec. 26 2008: USJ Student Writes about Homosexuality for University Newspaper Meem Group - Lebanon
Dec. 21 2008: >>VIDEO Raynbow's "Men of Arabia" 2009 Calendar Raynbow Media - YouTube
Dec. 20 2008: (First International Solidarity with Homosexuals) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Dec. 18 2008: UN: General Assembly Statement Affirms Rights for All Human Rights Watch - USA
Dec. 14 2008: (Danger: Israel supports "perversion" in Arab world) Hamasna - Middle East
Dec. 12 2008: Helem Newsletter Issue 9 Helem News - Lebanon
Dec. 04 2008: Mithlna Mithlak: A play differnet every night Nahar Al Shabab - Lebanon
Dec. 04 2008: Free Voluntary HIV testing in Lebanon is key to fight AIDS Nahar Al Shabab - Lebanon
Dec. 01 2008: Gay rights in Lebanon I Report - USA Dec. 01 2008: Meem newsletter Meem News - Lebanon NOVEMBER
Nov. 29 2008: (Lebanese Homosexuals and their pride) Al-Balad - Lebanon
Nov. 28 2008: Calling me gay will not offend me Angry Arab - Lebanon
Nov. 21 2008: Let's talk about sex (or not) Menassat - Lebanon
Nov. 17 2008: >>AUDIO C.U.N.T. speech by Meem at the International AWID Forum Radio Feminista - Lebanon
Nov. 17 2008: Shahrazad stories in one thousand images and colors Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Nov. 13 2008: Homosexuality in Lebanon: Helem and Meem Nahar Al Shabab - Lebanon
Nov. 08 2008: A Message in a Ray'nBow bottle ArabAd - Lebanon
Nov. 02 2008: Helem Newsletter Issue 8 Helem News - Lebanon
Nov. 01 2008: Meem newsletter Meem News - Lebanon OCTOBER
Oct. 31 2008: Bekhsoos el homophobia and their electronic media AL-Akhbar - Lebanon
April 30 2009: >>VIDEO Lebanese homosexuals face Israel boldly YouTube - Lebanon
Oct. 28 2008: Religious leaders against AIDS: Abstinence is key AL-Akhbar - Lebanon
Oct. 28 2008: Religious leaders discuss how to combat HIV/AIDS The Daily Star - Lebanon
Oct. 23 2008: The activist minister: Ziad Baroud Now Lebanon - Lebanon
Oct. 06 2008: United Colours or Lebanon Bubbles from Sirdab - Lebanon
Oct. 06 2008: Bekhsoos: The Pioneering Publication Caledoniyya - Middle East
Oct 01 2008: Raynbow.org the lebanese nonprofit store Meem News - Lebanon
Oct. 01 2008: Meem newsletter Meem News - Lebanon SEPTEMBER
Sept. 30 2008: Gay Imam, Mohsin Hendricks, Speaks to Bekhsoos Bekhsoos - Lebanon
Sept. 30 2008: LGBT Politics in the Middle East Bekhsoos - Lebanon
Sept. 30 2008: Rotana TV Discusses Homosexuality Objectively and Positively Bekhsoos - Lebanon
Sept. 30 2008: Lobbying for a Law Against Family Violence (Impact on Lesbians) Bekhsoos - Lebanon
Sept. 30 2008: Lebanese, Muslim, Veiled, Gay Bekhsoos - Lebanon
Sept. 28 2008: Homosexuality in Lebanon Lebanese In Dubai Newsletter - UAE
Sept. 28 2008: >> VIDEO History of the Gay Movement in Lebanon - till 2005 Mithli Production - Lebanon
Sept. 23 2008: Bekhsoos: Concerning Homophobia Muslimah Media Watch - USA
Sept. 18 2008: (Bekhsoos: The first lesbian magazine for Arab women) Aljiha Alkhamisa - Saudi Arabia
Sept. 17 2008: >>VIDEO Helem at Montreal OutGames 2006 YouTube - Lebanon
Sept. 17 2008: 'To show them we're not a zoo' Menassat - Lebanon
Sept. 01 2008: (Fictitious Media Trophy or Human Right Abuse?) Helem News - Lebanon
Sept. 01 2008: Lebanese woman jailed for lesbian tryst on Dubai beach The Daily Star - Lebanon
Sept. 01 2008: Meem newsletter Meem News - Lebanon AUGUST
Aug 31 2008: Dubai jails (Lebanese) women for 'lesbian acts' on beach AL-Arabiya - UAE
Aug 01 2008: >>offline (Helem: Where does the money go?) Al-Jaras - Lebanon
Aug 01 2008: Meem newsletter Meem News - Lebanon JULY
July 17 2008: >>VIDEO Ni7na Meem Meem - YouTube
July 17 2008: >>VIDEO Religious Diversity Meem - YouTube
July 14 2008: My childhood friend is homosexual Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
July 08 2008: Op naar de hetero’s van Syrië DePers - Netherlands
July 08 2008: (Attempting to annul a penal code article - Lebanese homosexuals come out) Al-Arabiyya - UAE
July 01 2008: Meem Newsletter Meem News - Lebanon JUNE
June 30 2008: (Homosexuals tour the world) Al-Balad - Lebanon
June 28 2008: >> VIDEO Lebanon in Paris Gay Pride 2008 YouTube - Paris
June 28 2008: >> VIDEO Lebanese in Paris Gay Pride Daily Motion - Paris
June 27 2008: (Admiration and surprise) Annahar - Lebanon
June 17 2008: >>VIDEO Lebanon's gay community CNN - USA
June 12 2008: (Norway legalizes gay marriage) Lebanon Files - Lebanon
June 10 2008: Meem is a community of and for LBTQ women in Lebanon ILGA - Belgium
June 09 2008: (A queer Lebanese flag) Assafir - Lebanon
June 07 2008: LEBANON: Gays fly their flag amid increased tolerance Los Angeles Times - USA
June 01 2008: Meem Newsletter Meem News - Lebanon MAY
May 31 2008: (Beirut against Homophobia: Calling on homosexuals to come out) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
May 20 2008: Two women on trial for kissing in public at public beach Gulf News - UAE
May 15 2008: >>VIDEO Libre de rêver 2008 :: Bande annonce YouTube (Helem MTL) - Canada
May 06 2008: (Perversion: Casues and effects on our community) Jaridtak - Lebanon
May 01 2008: International Day against homophobia - 2008 Helem News - Lebanon
May 01 2008: That's so gay Outlook AUB - Lebanon
May 01 2008: Meem Newsletter Meem News - Lebanon APRIL
April 04 2008: (Caution or awareness or fall in the trap) Helem News - Lebanon
April 01 2008: Meem Newsletter Meem News - Lebanon MARCH
March 11 2008: ("I'm not a pervert, your mom is the perv, I am gay") Al-Akhbar - Lebanon JANUARY
Jan 31 2008: CEDAW 2008 Helem News - Lebanon
Jan 18 2008: ‘Charming romantic comedy’ is a critique of Arab women’s roles Jewish Standard - USA
Jan 17 2008: (Is it Journalism or War?) Helem News - Lebanon
2007 DECEMBER
Dec 24 2007: (Where do Lebanese Homosexuals get detained?) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Dec 14 2007: (Sex-education: Prevention is better than cure) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Dec 12 2007: (Homosexuals invade Lebanon. Their organization works publicly?) Al-Jamal - Syria
Dec 06 2007: Somewhere Over The Ray'nbow (Lebanon, To Be Precise) DNA - Australia NOVEMBER
Nov 30 2007: (In the International Day against AIDS) Helem News - Lebanon
Nov 23 2007: Lebanese Studs Popaocubo Blog - WWW
VIDEO>> Nov 20 2007: Raynbow's Lebanese Men & Places 2008 Calendar YouTube - Lebanon
Nov 20 2007: Lebanese Hunks by Raynbow Promote Diversity & Human Right Awareness Ya Libnan - Lebanon
VIDEO>> Nov 19 2007: Raynbow's +961 Hunks 2008 Calendar YouTube - Lebanon
Nov 09 2007: Bisexuality on " New TV", Was it helpful? Helem news - Lebanon
Nov 07 2007: Lebanese gays come out of closet, but quietly AFP - France
Nov 07 2007: L’homosexualité au Liban, entre opprobre et liberté L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon
Nov 07 2007: Lebanon constitutes relative haven for homosexuals The Daily Star - Lebanon
Nov 06 2007: Libanese holebi’s komen stilletjes uit de kast Holebi Info - Netherland
Nov 06 2007: Libanese holebi’s komen stilletjes uit de kast Holebi Info - Netherland
Nov 06 2007: Lebanon Pioneers Freedom for Arab Gays Naharnet - Lebanon Nov 04 2007: Anti-gay campaign in Jordanian media Helem News - Lebanon OCTOBER
Oct 30 2007: Hezbollah and homophobia: the truth Hot Press - Ireland
Oct 11 2007: (Portraits a Homosexual Imam and two veiled lesbian religious women) Al Arabiya - UAE
Oct 01 2007: 'In Iran, We Don’t Have Homosexuals Like in Your Country’ Cornell Daily Sun - USA SEPTEMBER
Sept 16 2007: PeaceOUT HomoHop Festival Easy Bay - USA
Sept 13 2007: Distorting Desire Gay City News - USA
Sept 12 2007: (Homosexuality in the Arab World) Middle East Paper - Saudi Arabia AUGUST
Aug 16 2007: What Happened to Gay Beirut? The New York Observer - USA JULY
July 26 2007: More People in Lebanon at Risk of HIV Despite Country's Prevention Campaign Kaiser Network - USA
AUDIO>> July 17 2007: Gay Community Thrives in Lebanon NPR - USA
July 02 2007: Lebanon displays an increasing tolerance of gays The Boston Globe - USA JUNE
June 29 2007: (D4 had een gesprek met George Azzi van HELEM) Libanon Praat - Holland
June 25 2007: Beirut an enclave for gay tolerance The Miami Herald - USA
June 24 2007: Homosexuality in Lebanon less of a taboo Los Angeles Times - USA
June 22 2007: Arab American Leader Breaks the Silence About HIV/AIDS PRNewswire - USA
VIDEO>> June 11 2007: The BEiRUT Apartment - Window into Lebanon's Gay Community Ya Libnan - Lebanon MAY
May 14 2007: IDAHO Poster Competition Winners Announced in Beirut & London UK Gay News - UK
May 14 2007: (International Day against Homophobia: Lebanese Gays come out) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
May 14 2007: (Police wastes people's money) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
May 07 2007: International Day Against Homophobia Lebanon 2007 Helem - Lebanon
VIDEO>> May 02 2007: Methli methlakom trailer Helem Paris - France APRIL
April 30 2007: ‘Erotika’ exhibition sparks mixed reactions in Lebanon YaLibnan - Lebanon
April 24 2007: (Elaph invades the world of middle eastern lesbians 2/2) Elaph - UK
April 23 2007: (Elaph invades the world of middle eastern lesbians 1/2) Elaph - UK
April 12 2007: Leslie Feinberg to Aswat: 'I am at your side' Workers World - USA
PHOTO>> April 08 2007: Who's a pervert? I am gay PhotoBeirut - Lebanon
PHOTO>> April 08 2007: Men embrace: What's wrong PhotoBeirut - Lebanon MARCH
March 29 2007: Helem marks its third anniversary To Be - Canada
VIDEO>> March 09 2007: Gay person with HIV/AIDS in an Arab culture YouTube - Egypt
March 03 2007: CNN reports on gay life in the middle east Mideast Piece - Middle East
March 03 2007: Middle Eastern gays face cultural taboo Metro - USA
March 02 2007: Over the Raynbow Mideast Piece - Middle East
March 02 2007: Writer and publisher The Gazette- Canada
March 01 2007: Mai Ghoussoub, Writer And Sculptor, Dies The Post Chronicle - USA FEBRUARY
Feb 28 2007: (Criminalizing early marriage | Virginity a sexual opression) Al-Arabiya - UAE
Feb 22 2007: Al GAMEA elects first board of directors Pride Source - USA
Feb 12 2007: Gay rights in Lebanon Wikipedia - WWW JANUARY
Jan 30 2007: Gay Muslim's Case Puts Focus on German Asylum Law NPR - USA
Jan 27 2007: SEX & TABOOS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD The Matrix - USA
Jan 04 2007: Putting the Feeling Into Words GayCityNews - USA
Jan 03 2007: UNSPEAKABLE LOVE: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East Direland - WWW
2006 DECEMBER
Dec 05 2006: (More than 15000 newly gay wed in Britain) Al-Arabiya - UAE
Dec 04 2006: (World AIDS day: 55 new cases in Lebanon) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon NOVEMBER
Nov 09 2006: Gay and lesbian advocacy group lowers political profile amid growing tensions on national scene The Daily Star - Lebanon
Nov 09 2006: Arab leaders urged to break silence on AIDS Associated Press - UK
Nov 02 2006: Talking Tolerance: Sherif is speaking up for diversity Sydney Star Observer - Australia OCTOBER
Oct 29 2006: Homosexuality in the Arab world Mideast Youth - Middle East
Oct 27 2006: A little something from everyone - except men The Daily Star - Lebanon
Oct 19 2006: Lebanese Studs Calendar Lone Star Verve - USA
Oct 17 2006: (Readings in the history of "Sexual Perversion") Elaph - Internet
Oct 10 2006: International Conference on GLBT Rights Out In The Mountains - USA
Oct 09 2006: Lebanese designer Elie Saab about Beirut CNN - USA
Oct 07 2006: Lebanese Hunks DNA - Australia
Oct 02 2006: Coming out in Arabic Guardian Unlimited - UK SEPTEMBER
Sept 29 2006: The Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys Best Gay Blogs - USA
Sept 14 2006: (Western "perversion" on the doors of the Islamic World) Aljazeera - Qatar
Sept 13 2006: Organising against war and homophobia in Lebanon Green Left - Australia
Sept 12 2006: (After the Battle) Alakhbar - Lebanon
Sept 09 2006: Lebanese gay group helping refugee relief Samidoun - Lebanon
Sept 04 2006: Helem after the war Helem News - Lebanon
Sept 02 2006: (The Homosexual: in the Egyptian Cinema) Al-Akbar - Lebanon
Sept 01 2006: Lebanese gay group helping refugee relief Pink News - UK
Sept 01 2006: UNSPEAKABLE LOVE: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East Kirkus Reviews - USA AUGUST
Aug 23 2006: (Feminine Love: From Safo to Virginia Woolf) Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Aug 23 2006: (Scandals in Arabic Literature) Novels about Saudi Lesbians Al-Akhbar - Lebanon
Aug 19 2006: Books under fire in Beirut Bosnian Institute - UK
Aug 14 2006: Dispatch From Jerusalem. The Lebanon war comes to a gay pride rally Slate - USA
Aug 11 2006: Lost in translation. Is Google homophobic? Washington Blade - USA
Aug 08 2006: Members Of Samidoun Samidoun - Lebanon
Aug 03 2006: Human Rights at Montreal Gay City News - Canada
Aug 01 2006: Lebanon sees rare unity Samidoun - Lebanon Aug 01 2006: Lebanon sees rare unity Al-Jazeera - Qatar JULY
July 31 2006: David wants big gay wedding News.com.au - Australia
July 31 2006: David wants gay wedding The Daily Telegraph - Australia
July 31 2006: First and Third worlds collide, connect at human rights conference Tobe - Canada
July 31 2006: Sport and politics and theatrics, oh my Capital Xtra - Canada
July 30 2006: Overheard at the conference Canada.com - Canada
July 28 2006: Helem recieves standing ovation at Montreal Outgames 2006 conference Helem News - Lebanon
July 27 2006: WorldPride parade canceled Dallas Voice - USA
July 27 2006: Opening the Arab closet Montreal Mirror - Canada
July 27 2006: Struggle over Middle East reaches into world LGBT movements Workers World - USA
July 27 2006: The T-shirt seller of Beirut Guardian - UK
July 26 2006: Broad opposition to World Pride in Jerusalem Religious, gay leaders criticize international event; crisis in Lebanon ends parade plans San Fransisco CHronicle - USA
July 25 2006: Gay Arab talks about Lebanon Gay.com - UK & Ireland
July 22 2006: Helem is Silent Middle East Gay Journal - Middle East
July 22 2006: Gay Lebanese activist speaks out on the Israeli-Hezbollah war The Advocate - USA
July 18 2006: Mideast gays react to Lebanese conflict New York Blade - USA
July 18 2006: Lebanon faces humanitarian disaster The Age - Australia
July 18 2006: Living outside of society: Palestinian refugee rentboys in the Lebanon Pink News - UK
July 17 2006: As the bombs rain down, a refugee crisis unfolds on the streets of Beirut The Guardian - UK
July 04 2006: Unspeakable love Mail & Guardian - Africa
July 03 2006: Gay Arabs come out in Beirut Albawaba - Middle East
July 01 2006: (Sexual Perversion: Hormonal or Immoral) Elaph - Internet JUNE
June 26 2006: Welcome to Sin City of Beirut Middle East Times - Middle East June 26 2006: Welcome to Beirut, Sin City of the Arab world Kuwait Times - Kuwait June 26 2006: Welcome to Beirut, Sin City of the Arab world Yahoo News - USA June 24 2006: LGBT organization provides relief in Lebanon Gay.com - UK & Ireland June 24 2006: Upsurge in worldwide media coverage of the Lebanese gay arena Lebanon Wire - Lebanon June 24 2006: Jerusalem World Pride 2006: No Pride in Occupation Helem News - Lebanon June 24 2006: Muslim Gays Seek Lesbians For Wives The Washington Post - USA June 23 2006: Au Liban, Helem défend les gays 20 minutes - France June 23 2006: Welcome to Beirut, Sin City of the Arab world Tayyar.org - Lebanon June 23 2006: Welcome to Beirut, Sin City of the Arab world Today Online - Singapore June 23 2006: Beirut's Liberalism Survives in an Increasingly Conservative Arab World Naharnet - Lebanon June 23 2006: Beyrouth, une exception arabe pour sa liberté de mœurs L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon June 23 2006: Beirut: Arab world's sin city News24 - Southern Africa June 23 2006: International News Southern Voice - USA June 22 2006: (Beirut's oppenness makes it a unique case) Elaph - UK June 22 2006: Au Liban, Helem défend les gays Le Liban - Lebanon June 20 2006: Regional Roundups Middle East Times - Middle East June 19 2006: Fatfat denies authorizing gay group or nude beaches The Daily Star - Lebanon June 18 2006: Lebanon Denies Approving Nudist Beaches, Gay Rights Group Naharnet - Lebanon June 17 2006: The Ministry of Interior denies authorizing HELEM Al-Mustaqbal - Lebanon June 17 2006: (Asking for their rights and for legalizing nudist beaches in Lebanon) Al-Arabiya - UAE June 17 2006: 'People think it's a mental illness' The Guardian - UK June 09 2006: Al-Arabiya.net Smear Campaign Against Helem Helem News - Lebanon June 08 2006: L'homophobie d'un conseiller de la ville de Beyrouth Tetu - France June 07 2006: We've All Been Scooped DNA magazine - Australia
June 05 2006: Homosexuality in the Middle East CNN transcript - USA
June 05 2006: Lebanon comes out the closet Haaretz - Israel
June 03 2006: Gay Rights in the Middle East Still Nascent TruthDig - USA
June 02 2006: Struggle for gay rights in the Middle East CNN - USA June 02 2006: Being gay in the Middle East GCN - Ireland June 02 2006: (Helem's three-day conference in Beirut) Phoenicia News - Canada MAY
May 30 2006: (Helem lobbies to anull articles criminalizing Lebanese homosexuals) Annahar - Lebanon
May 30 2006: Gay 'activities' should be banned, says Beirut counsellor Adnkronos International - Italy
May 29 2006: (Stop "sexual perversion" activities inside Lebanon) Al-Arabiya - UAE
May 29 2006: 1st Arab Pride group meets in Lebanon GayNZ - New Zealand
May 26 2006: Landmark meeting for gay Lebanese Lebanese Lobby - Lebanon
May 26 2006: Landmark meeting for Gay Lebanese BBC - United Kingdom
May 26 2006: Meet BB David's Boyfriend: Sherif Kanawati The Daily Telegraph - Australia
May 20 2006: (Lebanese "Perverts" rudely publicize their activities) Donia-AlWatan - Palestine
May 20 2006: (Lebanese Perverts screen porn movies in a hotel in Beirut) Al-Arabiya - UAE
May 19 2006: First event of it's kind for Homosexuals in Lebanon BBC - Middle East
May 19 2006: Lebanon marks second Day Against Homophobia The Daily Star- Lebanon
May 18 2006: (Lebanese homosexuals: Triumph in fighting for sexual orientation rights) Elaph - Internet
May 18 2006: (Helem hosts a conference (IDAHO), one of it's kind in the region) Albalad - Lebanon
May 17 2006: (The International Day Against Homophobia: What's the story?) Assafir - Lebanon
May 17 2006: Helem's Press Conference for IDAHO Beirut 2006 Raynbow Media - Lebanon
May 14 2006: Sistani removes ‘death to gays’ fatwa, keeps fatwa against lesbians Helem News - Lebanon
May 09 2006: (Rania Baroud: I am not Lesbian... but!!!) Elaph - Internet
May 04 2006: Cultures of denial Al-Ahram - Egypt APRIL
April 26 2006: (The Land of the stars attacked by anti-love creatures) Helem News - Lebanon
April 07 2006: Briton's book gives voice to gay Arabs The Daily Star - Lebanon
April 05 2006: (Lebanese Gays asking for a chance to express themselves) Annahar - Lebanon
April 05 2006: Raising awareness of HIV/AIDS in high-risk communities The Daily Star - Lebanon MARCH
March 23 2006: Middle Eastern American LGBT hosts Arabian Nights party Pride Source - USA
March 23 2006: Assafir Review of BrokeBack Mountain Helem News - Lebanon
March 00 2006: A roundup of the month's news in the arts and culture Egypt Today - Egypt JANUARY-FEBRUARY
Jan - Feb 06: Beirut Unexpected Out Traveler - Internet JANUARY
Jan 30 2006: Helem wins award at Beirut International Marathon Helem News - Lebanon
Jan 07 2006: Lebanese group tackles biggest taboo Al-Jazeera - Qatar
2005 DECEMBER
Dec 31 2005: (Lebanese Homosexuals still facing discrimination) CNN Arabic - USA
Dec 29 2005: I love my son Helem News - Lebanon
Dec 12 2005: LEBANON: Homosexuals still facing discrimination Tayyar.org - Lebanon Dec 10 2005: (Lebanese LGBT organisation asks the government for a liscence) Al-Rai Al-Aam - Kuwait
Dec 07 2005: LEBANON: Homosexuals still facing discrimination IRIN - Kenya Dec 04 2005: Lebanon First HUNK Calendar GME - Middle East NOVEMBER
Nov 20 2005: Acid and X-OM Police Raids Helem News - Lebanon Nov 16 2005: Changer l’article 534 du code pénal L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanon Nov 13 2005: Arrests in Beirut Gay Club GME - Middle East Nov 03 2005: HELEM - LGBT Lebanese community Oh La La Paris - France OCTOBER
Oct 24 2005: ARAB WORLD'S FIRST GAY QUARTERLY Direland - Ireland Oct 17 2005: (Helem's reply to Al-Arabiya's Oct 11 homophobic article) Al-Arabiya - UAE Oct 11 2005: (The "west" puts "gay rights" on it's political agendas in the Arab world) Al-Arabiya - UAE Oct 10 2005: First magazine for gay Arabs debuts Pam's House Blend - Internet Oct 10 2005: Helem publishes region's first magazine for gay Arabs The Daily Star - Lebanon Oct 08 2005: Arab Gays Defy Laws, Venture Into Open The New York Times - USA Oct 07 2005: Arap gay'ler "hak yolunda" Radikal - Turkey Oct 06 2005: (Article in Arabic about Barra Magazine) Annahar - Lebanon Oct 06 2005: Lebanese Mother Beats her Gay Son 'with Anything in Sight' Naharnet - Lebanon Oct 05 2005: Les gays sortent du placard au Liban Liberation - France SEPTEMBER
Sept 22 2005: ALGAMEA to host eighth annual 'Arabian Nights' Pride Source - USA Sept 22 2005: Gay Lebanese Seeking Asylum Ahbab News - Online Sept 09 2005: Helem to participate in the Beirut international Marathon & Village GME - Middle East Sept 07 2005: Lebanon's homosexual community speaks out The Daily Star - Lebanon Sep 01 2005: (Homosexuality in Arabic songs and video clips) Assafir - Lebanon AUGUST
Aug 29 2005: Lebanon's gays struggle with law BBC News - United Kingdom Aug 14 2005: (Homosexuality and the struggle to fit in the Lebanese community) Annahar - Lebanon JULY
July 07 2005: Nace 'Barra', la primera revista gay en un pais arabe Diagonal - Spain JUNE
June 10 2005: Les gays sortent du placard au Liban Indymedia - Lebanon MAY
May 19 2005: (Helem screens "I Exist" about middle eastern homosexuals) Annahar - Lebanon APRIL
April 12 2005: Lebanon first Hunks Calendar GME - Middle East MARCH
VIDEO>> March 14 2005: Watch the video - Out of the Closet Google Video - Lebanon
March 02 2005: Lebanon Out of the Closet Dateline - Australia FEBRUARY
Feb 09 2005: Helem Pederama radio interview - France ??? ?? 2005: (Named Helem, has homosexuals and trying to twist the law) Alafkar - Lebanon
2004 SPRING 2004: Disavowed Homosexualities in Beirut Middle East Report 230 - USA Nov 18 2004: Une ONG libanaise engage le combat pour la dépénalisation de l'homos Tetu - France Oct 20 2004: Lebanese group comes out with public battle for gay rights The Daily Star - Lebanon Oct 19 2004: Lebanese group wants ban on homosexuality lifted Middle East Online - Middle East Oct 19 2004: (Lebanese lobbying to annul a law that criminalizes homsexuals) Al-Arabiya - UAE March 01 2004: Preening at the mirror: The metrosexual thrives in Beirut The Daily Star - Lebanon ??? ?? 2004: Kelmaghreb: Campagne pour la legalisation de l'homosexualité Kelma - Morrocco
2003 July 07 2003: No Donuts For You Faggot, And Have A Great Day! Gay Middle East - Middle East
2001 March 03 2001: Lebanon: Injustice in Uniform; Military Court Convicts Civilian Human Rights Defenders IGLHRC - USA
2000 Sept 23 2000: Lebanon: Internet, Gay Rights Targeted Human Rights Watch - USA
June 2000: Muslim organizations defend homosexuality in the name of Islam Khat Ahmar - Middle East
Sept. 23 2000: Lebanon: Internet, Gay Rights Targeted; Free Expression at Risk IGLHRC - USA
Sept. 12 2000: Lebanon: Human Rights Defenders Face Trial on September 25, 2000 IGLHRC - USA
April 01 2000: Lebanon: Gay Web Site Leads to Harassment, Intimidation, and Threats of Arrest IGLHRC - USA
1999 June 28 1999: 30 Years After Stonewall, Diversity Is Shown in Gay Pride Parade The New York Times - USA
1998 Oct 10 1998: Reader's letters The Daily Star - Lebanon
